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Will of Randall Fenwick of Lambton, gentleman

Memorandum That <in some one of> the months <in> the yeare of
<our lord 1644> Randall Fenwick late of Lampton
in the County of Durham gentleman, beinge wounded in his Majesties
service at Hessam alias long Maston moore, in the Countye
of Yorke but of good and perfect memorye, and haveinge
a firme and setled resolucion to make his will (as was
conceived) did at the Cittie of Yorke in the presente sight
and heareinge of Margaret Stevenson now wiefe of
William Hugill and of Margerie Billopp wiefe of John
Billopp nuncupatively and
by word of mouth declare his mind and meaneinge and
make his last will in wordes followeinge or in other wordes
tendinge to the like effect videlicet The sayd Randall Fenwicke
after he had made mencion of diverse debtes and summes of
money which were owen unto him conteyned in a note which
he then had in his handes and of other debtes likewise owen
unto him, and not conteyned in the same note did give and
bequeath aswell all the sayd debtes and summes of money
as all other his goodes and Chattels whatsoever unto his
brother Robert Fenwicke and did wish and desire the
sayd Margaret Stevenson to deliver unto his sayd
brother all such money and writeings and other thinges
as did any way concerne the sayd Randall Fenwicke
and were at that tyme in her custodye.

[End of page 1 of 1. Ref: DPRI/1/1647/F5/1-2]

Glossary

videlicet

namely

Will of Josias Dockwray, the vicar of Newburn

Page 2^d

…
Item I give & bequeath all my lands in Nuburne, Messuages, & tenements
or the tenant right of three farms & an halfe farme; & the possability of revercion
unto my successors, the vicars of Nuburne for ever, to be disposed of to pious us[es] videlicet for the educating of six poor boys att school till they can read well, write well & cipher well, & then to choose others in there stead, & every one of these six poore boys to have a new Rid Coate & britches of strong peniston or bayse & rid stockings & capps & every one a parr of strong new shoos; & allways to be given them on the eleventh day of October yearly, for ever, or att furthest on St Luke Eve for I doubt not but the Noble Countesse, & her heirs, Executors, & worthy officers; will favour this designe perpetually; & suffer my successors to renew there severall leases for the sayd pious uses for ever - these boys are to be natives & of the poorest of the parish, & to be chosen by the vicar & major part of the fouer & twenty att some publique meeting, after due notice given; I require allsoe that the houses & lands be kept in as good repaire, & husbandry, Continually; as I leave them, as the Clergy & fouer & twenty of the parish will answer itt; att the tribunall of heaven, or to there diocasan, or Archdeacon & Official from time to time …

[marginal note:]
The reason of the rid coates, was the murder of Sir Edmund Godfrey, the 12^th October, whose Blood which others designed, I would have remembered against the papysts.

[End of page 1 of 1. Ref: DPRI/1/1683/D9/1]

Glossary

bayse [baize]	a coarse woollen stuff, having a long nap, now used chiefly for linings, coverings, curtains, etc., in warmer countries for articles of clothing, e.g. shirts, petticoats, ponchos; it was formerly, when made of finer and lighter texture, used as a clothing material in Britain also
cipher	to use the Arabic numerals in the processes of arithmetic; to work the elementary rules of arithmetic
Noble Countesse	the Countess of Northumberland, widow of the Earl of Northumberland, the lord of the manor of Newburn
papysts [papists]	Roman Catholics (derogatory)
peniston	a kind of coarse woollen cloth used for garments, linings, etc.
St Luke Eve	the eve of the feast-day of St Luke, i.e. the day before 18^th October
videlicet	namely

Playing Card

II [of Hearts]

[Engraving of a man facing a judge, with a clerk recording his words in the background.]

Sir E.B. Godfree takeing Dr
Oates his depositions.

[End of page 1 of 1. Ref: Gentleman's Magazine, NS vol.32, 1849.]

Will of William Angas of Rawhouse [?Roe House] in Bywell St Peter, yeoman

…
Item I give and bequeth unto my sonne Henry Angas all
my tytle of my land at the Raw house and the bale house
my mothers right and wives thrides exseptted
Item I give to Ralph Angas and John Angas two sheepe hogs
Item to John Angas one whey stirke
Item to Isbell Angas one gimer hog
Item to every one of John Ushers Child of bromhaug one lam
Item I give to the Cassings of the Southend of the Riding
bridge five shillings sixe pence
…

[End of page 1 of 1. Ref: DPRI/1/1637/A6/1-2]

Glossary

gimer hog	a ewe between the first and second shearing
sheepe hog	sheep
thrides	thirds: a widow was entitled to a third of her husband's estate
whey stirke [quey-stirk]	a young heifer, usually between one and two years old

Inventory of George Mann of Norton, husbandman

Aprill 23^o
1622

An inventory of the goodes, and Chattelles of
George Mann late of Norton deceased
praysed by fower neighboures. videlicet John
Harperlay, Thomas Chipchaise, Myles Jefferson
& Raiph Patteson. April 23^o. 1622.

Inprimis Six of the best oxen	xxii ^li
Item one yoke of oxen	vi ^li
Item fower kine and calves	ix ^li	vi ^s	viii ^d
Item Two kine	iii ^li
Item Six Twinter sturkes	iiii ^li	v ^s
Item five calves	ii ^li
Item Two nagges and one meare	viii ^li	vi ^s	viii ^d
Item one meare and a nagg	ii ^li	xiii ^s	iiii ^d
Item Two Twinter stagges	ii ^li	vi ^s	viii ^d
Item Neine weathers	iii ^li	xii ^s
Item Tenn Ewes and Eight lambes	ii ^li	x ^s
Item Three hogges		vi ^s
Item Two Sowes & Six shottes		xxxiiii ^s
Item Three henns & a Cock			xvi ^d
Item Two stegges, five brod geese & seaven geslinges		x ^s
Item Two payer of weane blades		xviii ^s
Item white wheat in the barne	viii ^li
Item Tenn bushelles of peass		xxxiii ^s	iiii ^d
Item Two weanes, a payer of louse wheeles & certaine louse wood in the staggarth		xxiiii ^s
Item a cole weane with bonn wheeles	iii ^li	xiii ^s	iiii ^d
Item a slead with bonn wheeles		xxvi ^s	viii ^d
Item Three coup weanes with wheeles, axell neales & Two payer of stinges		xxxiii ^s	iiii ^d
Item Three ould plowes		ii ^s	vi ^d
Item Two plowes furnished with Irons		vi ^s
Item five oxen yokes		v ^s
Item one horse heck two paddes, a Ridinge sadle a bridle, Two helters, a lether braughan		vi ^s
Item coles left on the heap			xii ^d
In the new house stable
Inprimis Two new axell trees, one ould axell tree, one heck		iiii ^s
Item in the new house loft, seaven bushell of wheat		xxxv ^s
Item Two bushelles of Rie		viii ^s
Item Three bushelles of Bigg		x ^s
Item Tenn bushelles & Two peckes of malt	ii ^li	v ^s
Item fower wheele fellies			xvi ^d
Item Two payer of horse gear		iiii ^s
Item five teames, and fower shakles		x ^s
Item five forkes, spades, shovelles, an ax, & fowes		v ^s	vi ^d
Item Three Swine trowes		iii ^s
Item Two yokes		ii ^s
Item Wodd over the oxhouse with a cheese pres and other implementes		xx ^s
In the loft over the chamber
Inprimis Beefe and bacon		xxvi ^s	viii ^d
Item a new spinninge wheele		ii ^s
Item a Ridinge sadle		iii ^s
Item five weane Ropes		ii ^s	vi ^d
Item a window cloth, seckes and pokes, seves and ridles with hoppers and baskettes		xiii ^s	iiii ^d
Item one kaser, with three bordes			xx ^d
Item three fellies, oxen bowes, sales, crampins		ii ^s	vi ^d
In the hall house
Item Two cubbardes, & one spence		xxxiii ^s	iiii ^d
Item a table upon a chest		vii ^s
Item a long settle, Two formes, Two stooles and a chayer		xiii ^s	iiii ^d
Item Sixtein peeces of pewter Two can- dlestickes one pewter salt		xxii ^s
Item one brass pott, one Iron pott, Two kettles, one pann		xxvii ^s
Item Two Recken Crookes, one spitt a payer of Tonges, a fryinge pann		iiii ^s

[End of page 1 of 1. Ref: DPRI/1/1622/M1/3]

Glossary

Bigg	a hardy variety of barley grown mainly in northern England and Scotland
boun wheeles	bound [?] wheels: perhaps meaning iron-bound wheels
bushel	a measure of capacity containing four pecks or eight gallons
coup weane	a wagon with closed sides and ends, thus fitted for carting dung, lime, etc.
crampin [crampon]	a bar of iron or other metal bent in the form of a hook, to serve as a grapple or clutch; a grappling-iron
fellies	the curved pieces of wood which, joined together, form the circular rim of a wheel
fowes	unknown [?hoes]
heck	a rack made with parallel spars to hold fodder, either fixed in a stable, or movable, so as to be placed in a field, cattle-yard, or sheep-fold
hogges	young sheep from the time they cease to be lambs until their first shearing
kaser [caser]	unknown
kine	cows
meare	mare
nagg [nag]	a small riding-horse or pony
oxen bowes	oxen yokes
peck	a unit of capacity for dry goods equal to a quarter of a bushel, now equivalent (in Britain) to two imperial gallons (approx. 9.09 litres) or (in the U.S.) to eight quarts (approx. 8.81 litres)
pewter salt	a salt-cellar made of pewter
Recken Crookes	pot hangers
Rie	Rye
sales	ropes for tying up cattle
settle	seat
seve	sieve
shottes	in this instance, weaned pigs; also used to describe ill-grown ewes, the refuse animals left after the best of the flock or herd have been selected
slead [sled]	a drag used for the transport of heavy goods, etc.
spence	cupboard
staggarth [stack-garth]	a stack-yard, rick-yard
stegges	ganders, or male geese
stinges	poles, staffs
team	part of the gear by which oxen or horses were harnessed to a plough, harrow, or wain. In modern dialect use, a chain to which oxen are yoked in lieu of a pole; in plough equipment, the main or leading chain, by which the whole of the oxen or horses drag the implement
trowes	troughs
Twinter stagges	young two-year-old horses
Twinter sturkes	young bullocks or heifers, two winters in age, i.e. two years old
weanes	wagons
weane blades [wain-blades]	wain (wagon) shaft
weathers	a male sheep, a ram; especially a castrated ram
white wheat	wheat with white or light-coloured grain